tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post142180563512816594..comments2017-08-17T21:44:07.036-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Ear to the GroundCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-65932141056752906682014-04-14T22:31:27.810-04:002014-04-14T22:31:27.810-04:00My prediction: attorney Carl Whitbeck to the rescu...My prediction: attorney Carl Whitbeck to the rescue. Who else?<br /><br />To prepare for this eventuality, people must drive up Mt. Merino tomorrow and have a look from the first curve into the nearly clear-cut forest down to the tidal marsh.<br /><br />Gigantic oaks and old hemlocks are now lying out across the marsh, and only to improve the view from a house that&#39;s not even built yet (presumably Mr. Whitbecks&#39; next house).<br /><br />The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation couldn&#39;t care less. They&#39;re calling the slaughter &quot;silviculture,&quot; which by their own definition it isn&#39;t:<br /><br />&quot;clear-cutting and the harvesting of timber as a one-time, non-recurring practice, is not considered an exempt silvicultural activity under 40 CFR 122.27 ...&quot;<br /><br />http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/water_pdf/constrfaq.pdf<br /><br />Please go have a look, and then welcome the new boss who&#39;s WORSE than the old boss. <br /><br />God help us; we&#39;re out of the frying pan and into the fire.unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.com